“I mean it was just too unfair! We never did anything wrong. I was confident I was a cool big sister up until that day, but I lost everything I wanted to protect in thirty minutes.” - Yuri Nakamura
“But the time I’ve spent with everyone was invaluable. I’m starting to want to follow after everyone.” - Yuri Nakamura
“I only wanted to love you, to make you proud.” - Yuri Nakamura
“You’ve worked hard for such a long time, sis!” - Yuri Nakamura’s little brother
“Don’t catch it, Hinata! I…I don’t want you to disappear!” - Yuzuru Otonashi
“God is so cruel. He stole all my happiness away.” - Yui
“Will it be all over if I catch it? I bet it would feel great.” - Hideki Hinata
“Even if you couldn’t stand and walk…. Even if you couldn’t have kids…. Even so, I’d still marry you!” - Hideki Hinata
“But she’s spent the past two years in the hospital. The poor dear…. I wish could trade places with her.” - Yuzuru Otonashi
“Was she happy…when that was the entirety of her life? And now that I’ve lost her, has my life come to an end? I had been filled with happiness I never knew I had.” - Yuzuru Otonashi
“You gave me a reason to live. Once I found it, I died while working towards my dream. I died before accomplishing anything.” - Yuzuru Otonashi
“They were in the pit of despair, but now they’re trying to give hope to others. You’ve saved all of our lives, Otonashi.” - Igarashi
“I want to save someone, just as I was saved. I finally…found it.” - Masami Iwasawa
“There’s nothing false about the lives we endured! Everyone lived to their fullest! We’ve carved those memories into ourselves!” - Yuzuru Otonashi
“Wasn’t your life the real deal too? You were the one who worked hard! You were the one who struggled desperately, weren’t you?!” - Yuzuru Otonashi
“We’ve spent a lot of time together. So I’ll be with you in the end too.” - Hideki Hinata
“Otonashi, if I’d never met you, I…I never would have made peace! But…but I…I’ll never be lost again.” - Ayato Naoi
“If only…if only we had more time…. It’s time we parted ways. Goodbye, Kanade.” - Yuri Nakamura
“I might have said this before, but I want to be with you. I want to stay with you forever. Because I…I love you so much, Kanade.” - Yuzuru Otonashi
“Please let me believe in everything you believed in. Let me believe that life is great.” - Kanade Tachibana
If you're in the mood to spend an afternoon laughing and crying, Angel Beats! is just the right anime. If there’s one thing the viewer can take away from it, it’s that life is precious, and there is always meaning to be found in it, even afterwards.
